Toxicity testing : strategies to determine needs and priorities /

Prepared at the request of the National Toxicology Program, this landmark report reveals that many chemicals used in pesticides, cosmetics, drugs, food, and commerce have not been sufficiently tested to allow a complete determination of their potential hazards. Given the vast number of chemical subs...

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Collectivité auteur: National Research Council (U.S.). Steering Committee on Identification of Toxic and Potentially Toxic Chemicals for Consideration by the National Toxicology Program
Format: Licensed eBooks
Langue:anglais
Publié: Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1984.
Accès en ligne:https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=14753
Table des matières:
  • Toxicity-testing needs in the select universe
  • Sample selection
  • Operating policies for identification, acquisition, and organization of data
  • Data evaluation
  • Results
  • Setting priorities for toxicity testing
  • Design of the priority system
  • Briefly following a chemical through an illustrative system
  • Detail description of the operation of an illustrative system
  • Future development, implementation, and refinement of the system
  • Conclusions and recommendations.